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I find it hard to believe that UIQ apps have a particularly bright future. UIQ itself is dead, there aren't going to be any new UIQ phones, which means the market for any future UIQ apps is now rapidly diminishing as UIQ owners move on to new pastures. What little revenue their might have been will dry up, it's inevitable.
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Posted: 2008-10-31 13:56:26
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Boinng, you are right. Not all my actions are entirely driven by money.
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Posted: 2008-10-31 13:59:03
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We already have some superb UIQ phones - the manufacturers just want us to shell out on something new to give them more of our money!
There are a huge amount of excellent programmes out there already to work with these current phones. Some excellent stuff from CPS and other developers. CPS also provide some brilliant completely free software such as the ubiquitous Swiss Manager
There are also loads of free stuff provided by hackers of the UIQ system - so we can have most of the new stuff on the most powerful recent phones...
If there is something you specifically need - ask on the forums There is a weath of information people love to share
You could buy a s/h high tech UIQ3 phone for peanuts on ebay or somewhere and turn it into almost whatever you want...
If you don't want touchscreen then obviously you have a lot more manufacturers to choose from
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Posted: 2008-10-31 14:03:02
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That's pretty well said, arvinlad, except perhaps...
a huge amount of excellent programmes
...which might be a little bit of exaggeration.
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Posted: 2008-10-31 14:07:22
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Depends on your definition of 'huge' I suppose
Perhaps we should make a list - we might surprise ourselves...
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Posted: 2008-10-31 14:13:32
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On 2008-10-31 13:56:26, Boinng wrote:
I find it hard to believe that UIQ apps have a particularly bright future. UIQ itself is dead, there aren't going to be any new UIQ phones, which means the market for any future UIQ apps is now rapidly diminishing as UIQ owners move on to new pastures. What little revenue their might have been will dry up, it's inevitable.
Frankly, considering the time i intend to keep using my P1 (1 year max), the existing library, and all the mods/hacks that keep appearing, i will be pretty satisfied with new version of Gdesk, CPS stuff and the evolution of the awesome Opera Mobile 9.5. No problems with the end of UIQ.
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Posted: 2008-10-31 15:26:13
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On 2008-10-31 15:26:13, ares wrote:
Frankly, considering the time i intend to keep using my P1 (1 year max), the existing library, and all the mods/hacks that keep appearing, i will be pretty satisfied with new version of Gdesk, CPS stuff and the evolution of the awesome Opera Mobile 9.5. No problems with the end of UIQ.
I guess my post was more aimed at the poster (on the first page) wondering whether to buy a new W960 or not. I think if you're just about to embark on a new 18 month contract or whatever on a brand new smartphone, there's probably better options available than a UIQ handset with fading support.
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Posted: 2008-10-31 15:31:26
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Hi Zed,
Not being perfect is very true for UIQ3 - and also for any other platform, including women
Actually I think
Lisa@CPS probably *is* perfect
(pauses for nostalgia moment)
Best regards,
Malcolm
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Posted: 2008-10-31 23:35:29
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I really don't care what my OS is as long as it does its job.
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Posted: 2008-11-04 08:09:00
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In related news, UIQ has put all its remaining staff on notice, according to
this article on AAS. This news essentially heralds the end point of the UIQ platform.
Another 270 jobs added to the pool of 1.2M job cuts around the world this year (according to CNN), with 800K in the past 3 months alone. Tough times indeed.
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Posted: 2008-11-08 04:16:43
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